A British toddler, aged about one year, dies after being found in a hotel pool during a family holiday in the Canary Islands. According to reports, the child was discovered floating in the pool at a hotel complex in Lajares, a village in northern Fuerteventura. The toddler is taken for medical treatment, and sources say she spends several days in intensive care before passing away. The reports also place the incident within a wider sequence of drownings in Spain, noting that it is the third child drowning reported in the country within about a week. Details on the circumstances leading to the child being in the pool have not been fully established in the accounts provided. Local authorities are expected to review the incident as part of standard procedures following a fatality involving a child. The family’s holiday location and timeline described by the outlets center on the days between the discovery and the child’s death.
British toddler dies days after being found in Canary Islands hotel pool
A British toddler, aged about one year, dies after being found in a hotel pool during a family holiday in the Canary Islands. According to reports, the child was discovered floating in the pool at a h...
- A British toddler, about one year old, dies after being found in a hotel pool in the Canary Islands.
- The child is found at a hotel complex in Lajares on northern Fuerteventura.
- The toddler receives hospital treatment and reportedly spends several days in intensive care.
- Reports say the incident occurs amid other recent child drowning cases in Spain within roughly a week.
- The circumstances leading to the child’s drowning are not detailed consistently in the provided accounts.
The one-year-old was found in the pool at a hotel complex in Lajares, a village in northern Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, where her family had been on holiday
19 hours agoThe one-year-old, the third child to drown in Spain in just a week, had spent several days agonising in intensive care before passing away.
20 hours agoThe one-year-old, the third child to drown in Spain in just a week, had spent several days agonising in intensive care before passing away.
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